Det Eviga Leendet – Vehemence
Release Date: 13th November 2026
Label: Debemur Morti Productions
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Genre: Black Metal
FFO: Ultha, Der Weg einer Freiheit, Mare Cognitum, Naðra.
Review By: Aeons Burning
One of my favorite metal musicians is Jacob Buczarski (Mare Cognitum, Acathexis). He’s quite the genius at making atmospheric and emotive black metal, and I first heard of his much lesser-known other black metal project – Det Eviga Leendet – shortly after Reverence came out. Reverence, and subsequently the debut, Lenience, were albums I positively gobbled down and still spin a lot to this day. Now, I wasn’t entirely sure when Det Eviga Leendet’s third album would be released unto the world, but to my joy, it’s coming this Friday. And it’s even more dynamic than it’s been before. Vehemence is yet another step in the right direction, and Det Eviga Leendet prove once again that they’re ridiculously adept at creating wall of sound-esque incredibly mournful-sounding black metal, and I still can’t believe how they’re not more well-known.
Operating with the same synths that were peppered across Reverence, Vehemence quickly stuns you with perhaps one of the best-sounding records of the year. Expertly crafted by the legendary Magnus Lindberg (Cult of Luna in both audio engineering and music, Ulcerate in audio engineering, many others), Det Eviga Leendet are fully able to express every bit of the massive soundscapes they’re so proficient at. They’re not afraid to get hypnotic at points, either, with early highlight Deliverance adding in some chants in the background among the swirling, dissonant crescendoes, and while there’s nothing overtly flashy about the style of playing, it all blends together smoothly into a record that eschews the trope of black metal sounding terrible, and I’m hard pressed to remember a black metal album that’s sounded quite this good in recent memory.
But of course, the most important question is whether Det Eviga Leendet yet again deliver a massive song like Yield on Reverence. Virtue is the answer to that question, and while it’s shorter than Yield by about two minutes, it feels much bigger. These guys aren’t big on solos, but there’s a very artfully placed guitar solo here, and the sheer melancholic-yet-vengeful atmosphere that permeates this track makes it a big contender for the Top Songs of the Year. I wasn’t worried that Det Eviga Leendet would deliver, and I’m so happy these guys are back, because Vehemence is yet another gem in their soon-to-be much-decorated crown, and on top of all of that, the album art is beautiful. Now please go listen to Det Eviga Leendet, because I don’t know how much more convincing you need.
(4 / 5)
